Archive for December, 2007
Testing some new plugins
Published December 31st, 2007 in blog. 10 Comments Tags: avatars, comments, DiSo, gravatars, OpenID, plugins, test, Wordpress.Upgraded the blog to 2.3.2 today, and I’m testing some new plugins - apologies in advance if this post appears in the feed more than once. (I did remember this time to disable tweet-tools, so I won’t be twitter spamming.)
Testing comments via OpenID - if you enter an OpenID url in the “url” box of [...]
Coverville Countdown FTW!
Published December 29th, 2007 in music and podcasts. 0 Comments Tags: Countdown, Coverville, Joe Strummer, John Eckman, Podcast, redemption song.Brian Ibbott of Coverville allows encourages people each year to send in brief “intros” to each of the top 40 songs in the Coverville Countdown. This year I took him up on the offer - and he used my entry!
Check out part III of the 2007 Coverville Countdown (assuming you’re not already a subscriber). That’s [...]
Veggieist Bostonist Introducedist
Published December 28th, 2007 in blog and veg'nism. 1 Comment Tags: blog, bostonist, metroblog, vegan, vegetarian.The folks at Bostonist have launched a regular vegan column:
In part due to the all the wonderful feedback we received from our two vegan-themed holiday posts, we’ve decided to have the vegan column be a regular feature. Every Thursday Bostonist will offer some vegan love; not limited to recipes, veg/vegan restaurant reviews, compassionate living information, [...]
Creative Vigilantes
Published December 26th, 2007 in Uncategorized. 0 Comments Tags: Boston Globe, Copyright, Creative Commons, Intellectual Property.Great article in the Boston Globe from Christmas Eve Eve (aka lille juleaften) about the way intellectual property and copyright issues play out in other fields like standup comedy, magic, and haute cuisine: “Creative Vigilantes.”
Comedy is not the only creative industry in which scholars are finding evidence that challenges assumptions held on Capitol Hill. Over [...]
Happy Holidays!
Published December 25th, 2007 in Uncategorized. 1 Comment Tags: Cavalier, dogs, georgia, holiday, king charles cavalier, lucy.Happy holidays, peace on earth, good will toward people (and animals).
Lucy and Georgia
